2008:740 - WHITESCASTLE LOWER, Kilkenny
County: Kilkenny
Site name: WHITESCASTLE LOWER
Sites and Monuments Record No.: N/A
Licence number: 08E0420
Author: John Kavanagh, Icon Archaeology Ltd.
Author/Organisation Address: County Carlow
Site type: Field boundary
Period/Dating: Post Medieval (AD 1600-AD 1750)
ITM: E 653239m, N 637554m
Latitude, Longitude (decimal degrees): 52.486805, -7.216123
A test excavation was carried out to assess the archaeological potential of a greenfield development site 100m to the west of White’s Castle, Knocktopher, Co. Kilkenny. The excavation uncovered numerous plough furrows and two post-medieval field boundaries.